The New York Times Review of Books has said that Marilynne Robinson “is not like any other writer. She has created a small, rich, and fearless body of work in which religion exists unashamedly, as does doubt, unashamedly.” She is the author of the novels Housekeeping, Gilead, Home, and Lila, as well as the writer of several volumes of cultural criticism and essays.—Original airdate: 2/26/2018